Exhibition: Taylor Swift | Songbook Trail

Explore a free trail across V&A South Kensington celebrating Taylor Swift, with a range of her iconic looks on display.

Each of the 13 stops on the trail will showcase a chapter in the songbook of Taylor's career and spotlight a particular era of her music and prolific songwriting. Costume and accessories on loan from Taylor's personal archive will be on display, from customised cowboy boots worn during her breakout success as a country singer in 2007, to the jet-black ruffled shoulder dress worn in the most recent music video for her single Fortnight, from the critically adored album The Tortured Poets Department (2024).

Each intervention will present some of Taylor's most iconic looks in dialogue with its unique setting in the V&A collection and will draw synergies with the V&A objects on display, as well as the architecture of the building.

The trail will take visitors on a winding journey through the V&A's permanent galleries and present some of Taylor's most iconic looks in dialogue with spaces and objects in the collection. It will also give visitors the opportunity to dive into the artist's personal world and creativity, celebrating her ground-breaking impact on the world stage and the phenomenon of the 'Swiftie' fandom.